A joint direction-of-departure (DOD) and direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm based on tensor subspace approach for partially calibrated bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar is proposed. By exploiting the multidimensional structure of the received data, a third-order measurement tensor is constructed. Consequently, the tensor-based signal subspace is achieved using the higher-order singular value decomposition (HOSVD). To achieve accurate DOA estimation with partially calibrated array, a closed-form solution is provided to estimate the gain-phase uncertainties of the transmit and receive arrays by modeling the imperfections of the arrays. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed calibration algorithm
